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As the years go on, it gets harder to remember what people actually put in their cleverly named frozen treat if we didn’t write it down at the time and, since people ask “what as {foo}” fairly often, I’d like to try to be able to remember. If you’ve ever made ice cream that wasn’t plainly named, (take a look at if you don’t remember!) please take a moment and mail ice-cream (or post to the lj) with any explanations you might have. Thanks! Hey folks – JB is hoping to have a Baitcon 25 t-shirt but he’s not an artist. Anyone interested in submitting a design? If so, send to bcc at baitcon dot org before May 8th!
Thanks! Baitcon XXV will be held on June 27th-30th, 2014 at the Mountain Campground of the Abode of the Message. The invitation will be posted and registration will open in mid-April. If you have any questions or ideas for subtitles, please send them to bcc at baitcon dot org via email or comment on the Baitcon LJ
Tomorrow marks just one more week til Baitcon 24 begins!! So it is time for the annual info post/email. Be sure that everyone coming with you has registered and shared any relevant dietary or medical allergy info with us! Registration closes on Tuesday, June 25th. Whether you are new to Baitcon or a seasoned attendee, please be sure you review the information listed on these pages before you arrive at Baitcon: Mosquitos, Ticks and (no) Bears, Oh My! and Take Tick Prevention Seriously You are welcome to arrive any time after 2p. on Friday. Here is some important Arrivals & Parking Information as well as Directions to Baitcon. The Abode has requested a signed waiver of liability from all attendees. We will have these at the Welcome tent and you’ll be asked to read & sign one when you arrive. We’ll also ask you to sign the Baitcon Book – but that is just because we want to have an accurate headcount and read your awesome & witty comments. Do you need a ride to/from Baitcon? Can you provide one? Please visit the Rideboard Want to figure out what is likely to be served for meals & snacks? Here is a link to the tentative Menu. If you’ve shared allergy info with us, please know that we will be sure there are food choices that work for you at each meal. If you need to share dietary allergy info with us and haven’t yet, please be sure to do that by Sunday June 23rd before we start our shopping & prep. Planning to make some ice cream? We sure hope so! You can visit the Pre-Con Ice Cream Advice page if you need some pointers or the Flavor List from previous years if you want/need inspiration. Wondering what sort of fun can be had at Baitcon? Well, as we’ve long said, Baitcon is what YOU make it. The site is wonderful and there will be more than 100 awesome folks of all ages around to help make all kinds of Merriment Parents and kids should check out Kids-at-Baitcon and Kids-Ice-Cream and be sure you’re read about and prepared your kid for these changes to the way Kids Ice Cream will be served this year. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via email to info dash 2013 at baitcon dot org ASAP. We’ll be reading&replying to email through Tuesday the 25th but after that we can’t guarantee a response as we’ll be rolling towards the mountain. See you soon!
Time to start preparing 🙂 If you’re planning to attend but haven’t yet registered, please remember that registration cost goes up again tomorrow! And this year there is no admittance for unregistered guests. Registration closes June 25th. Everyone in your group has to be registered. You can get to the registration system via the invitation Some other quick notes: If you’re hoping for a cabin, get your request in very, very quickly – at present there is only 1 left! Looking for a ride? Able to provide one? PLEASE CARPOOL and consider using the RideBoard. The chefs will be providing plenty of good food for everyone – check out the Menu Now would also be a good time to review the Rules and What-to-Bring pages. The Scholarship Fund is busy – we’ve received over $900 in donations – thank you to donors! We’ve received over 21 requests-for-scholarship and we’ve been able to grant 13 of those thus far. As ever, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us via info dash 2013 @ baitcon dot org See you soon! Hi folks – a friendly reminder to anyone planning to attend Baitcon this year – the reg costs go up on Sunday June 16th. As usual, we welcome newcomers as long as you received this invite directly from us or a previous attendee and contact us BEFORE you register and your friend (previous attendee) will also be attending Baitcon XXIV. All minors must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. Hey parents&guardians of kids coming to Baitcon! We will once again be setting aside time & space & assistance for kids 0-14 to flavors. This year this will happen from 4p.-5:30p. on Saturday. All the details are here:https://wp.baitcon.org/baitcon-xxiv/ice-c We wanted to highlight an Important change this year:
Flavors made during the Kids Ice Cream Creation & Cool session will ONLY be served during the Sunday 3p. Kids Ice Cream Social. To be clear, this means kids cannot have their batch divided for serving Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Please be sure to share that information with your kid(s). If your kid wants to make something for the main Running of the Flavors (whether instead of or in addition to a flavor made for the Kids Ice Cream Social), he/she should make their flavor at a different time (or bring it pre-mixed from home), label it & have it frozen any time before 3p. on Saturday. The supplies we provide for Kids Ice Cream (sprinkles and such) are not available for general use. Anything labeled for Kids Ice Cream will ONLY be served on Sunday at 3p. If you want to be sure to get a taste of your kid’s flavor, we suggest you hang out near the freeze-tent while he/she is finishing their flavor and dip your spoon into whatever tasty concoction your kid has made while it is still in its soft-serve state! We’re looking forward to gathering on the mountain for another weekend of ice cream-in-the-woods, music, games, wonders of nature, community and LN2. In the next week or so, you’ll start to see more information posted here regarding the specifics of this year’s event – tentative menu, tentative budget, some updates about how ice-cream-making and serving may happen this year, a poll about favorite flavors, etc. If there’s something you’d like to do or host at Baitcon, now is the time to start talking to us and working to make it happen. If you’re planning to attend but haven’t yet registered, please remember that you must do that before June 24th. Everyone in your group has to be registered. You can get to the registration system via the invitation Some other quick notes: If you’re hoping for a cabin, get your request in very, very quickly – at present there are only 3 left! Looking for a ride? Able to provide one? PLEASE CARPOOL and consider using the RideBoard. The Scholarship Fund is busy – we’ve received over $900 in donations – thank you to donors! We’ve received over 20 requests-for-scholarship and we’ve been able to grant 10 of those thus far. The Abode staff is hard at work preparing the mountain camp for us and we are very much hoping for great weather that weekend. This year you’ll once again see the lovely Baitcon banner at the arrivals tent too – made by Donna Dube and recently entrusted to our care – it will truly be a welcome sight. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us via info dash 2013 @ baitcon dot org See you soon! You should all be checking the pull-down menus for important info about What to Bring, Rules, Menu, etc. But first, you should read this & take it seriously. Thanks! This is direct from Dr. Jen, who has the utmost hope & care for the health of our attendees. There are signs that this might be the worse year for Lyme disease EVER in New England. So as you pack for our favorite annual weekend in the woods a la mode, please consider what you can do to avoid getting bitten by ticks. One trick is to wear long pants, and tuck the pants into your socks. The ticks can’t find their way to your skin. Plus, this is a great way to show off the purple-and-pink argyle socks you’ve been saving for a special occasion. Another trick is to use tick repellents. Products with DEET are good insect repellents — they do a pretty good job at keeping mosquitoes away — but ticks aren’t insects. For them, look for products containing permethrin. Spray your socks and the bottom part of your pants (inside and out for the pants!) with the repellent. Permethrin goes on the clothes, DEET goes on the skin. Now, some folks may be sensitive to permethrin. If you’ve ever had a bad reaction to Elimite or Nix (creams and shampoos used for scabies and lice), you might not want to use permethrin on your clothes. Also, cats are REALLY REALLY sensitive to this stuff. If you have a cat, don’t put this stuff on your clothes when you’re at home; wait until you get to the mountain. If you do get bitten, the chances of getting Lyme are greatly reduced if you get the tick off within 24 hours. But ticks are small, and you might not be able to see them yourself. We’ll bring the magnifying glass; you decide who you’d like to ask for a tick check. Thanks! There is an important part of the rules that we CAN NOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH: Absolutely NO marking on, drawing on, or altering of structures at the site without the express permission of the Baitcon Executive Committee. This applies particularly to the Sanctuary, the Labyrinth, and other sacred structures. Not obeying this rule will make you subject to expulsion, and puts all of Baitcon at risk. |
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